Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered citizens to recite the national pledge at all state and public events.

That’s to ensure “absolute respect for the national symbols, strengthen allegiance and fidelity to country, and to preserve Nigeria’s ethos and defining character,” presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement on Thursday.

“Everyone of us loves victory. We love to win. When you are positive and you are hopeful, Nigeria is winning,” the statement added.

The national pledge, which Mr Tinubu said should be recited after the national anthem, calls on all Nigerians to be faithful and loyal to their country.

The directive comes amid inter-communal clashes between herders and local farming communities in a conflict over resources, plus a breakaway movement in the south-east that seeks to create an independent Biafran state.

BBC